The Star Wars Iconic Characters: Out of the Jungle.

[Arani Korden]

Arani will leap to her feet and run over to the window, knocking Valara over in the process. We haven't been meeting our prequel-era alloted slapstick quotient lately.

"Oh, tell me I'm not the only one who just saw that!"

Judging by the others' stares, Arani realizes she's the only one who just saw that.

"Valara, while you've been here, have you met any birds? I mean socially."

 

[Valara Saar]

Sighing valara rubs her shoulder where she landed on it. "No, I don't associate with birds, they are too flighty, too full of themselves and definitely too cheerful." She says giving Arani a mock glare for a moment before shaking her head and righting herself.

"Shall we be going, the pirates aren't going to arrest themselves."

 

[Arani Korden]

"We can't go just yet. There's something I have to check out first."

Arani looks around at the others.

"There was some sort of bird, looking directly at me. Through the window. It was looking right at me - I'm guessing it's sapient."

Arani heads to the door, then stops.

"Birds. Tropical birds."

She takes off her gloves and goggles, stops to think for a moment, then strips off her vest and big poofy white shirt as our ratings go up! revealing a dull grey t-shirt underneath as our ratings go back down.

"Birds!" Noting a complete lack of comprehension, she sighs. "Xenosociology 101 - species that evolved from tropical birds tend to use bright colors either to express aggression or for mating displays. If there are bird people out there, I don't want to fight them or date them, I want to see if they'll help us."

Arani hands her blaster pistol to Rorworr, cheerfully telling him "Avenge my death!"

Then she steps out of the van and looks around for bird people.

 

[Valara Saar]

"Ok, now I know she really is crazy, correct, but clearly crazy. Is she always so..." she trails off waving her hand for emphasis, but not quite sure what fits.

Valara Pops her head out of the back of the van looking for Arani and the bird.

 

[Dorn Tavers]

Dorn slowly sits up, rubbing his eyes as he becomes fully awake and glances around.

"You know, I just had the weirdest dream...I dreamt that Arani took her shirt off and jumped out into the jungle. I didn't realize that something like that would be floating around in my subconscious..."

Dorn gets a confused look as he glances around the van again, noticing something odd.

"Hey, where is Arani anyway?"

 

[Valara Saar]

Valara pulls her head back inside and just looks at Dorn for a moment.

"She is out there, and she did take off her shirt. She seems to be trying to attract a bird. Do you think we should go out and find her?"

 

[Jack Haggerty]

Arani steps outside and frantically searches the area for any sign of the bird creature. Finding nothing in the immediate vicinity of the van, she up to the trees just in time to a small figure scaling a nearby tree at a remarkable speed. Even as she watches, the avian climbs the length of the hundred-meter trunk and disappears into the branches.

As she gapes skyward, a peal of thunder rolls across the valley and sudden deluge of early morning rain pours through the foliage. Within moments, Arani's ill-fitting undershirt is comletely soaked through...


...as the 16-30 year-old Male demographic tunes in.

 

[Rorworr]

"Ok, now I know she really is crazy, correct, but clearly crazy. Is she always so..." she trails off waving her hand for emphasis, but not quite sure what fits.

Rorworr nods, grinning. He tosses Arani's pistol aside and picks up his bowcaster instead.

"Do you see anything?" He calls out of the door to Arani, entirely unmoved by the demographic affecting rainstorm.

 

[Arani Korden]

"Do you see anything?" He calls out of the door to Arani, entirely unmoved by the demographic affecting rainstorm.

Wookiees have no taste.

Shielding her eyes from the rain, Arani calls up to the spot where the figure vanished. "Wait! We come in peace! Take me to your leader!"

Turning to Rory, she says, "There was someone out here. He just climbed that tree."

 

[Rorworr]

Wookiees have no taste.

Sure we do, it just involves fur

Leaving his bowcaster in the van, Rorworr steps out along side Arani. He peers up into the trees, looking for any sign of bird-people.